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May 22, 2010

G44: Red Sox 5, Phillies 0

Matsuzaka was four outs away from a no-hitter when Juan Castro lifted a little flair into short field. Marco Scutaro could not grab it and it fell for a single. Dice: 8-1-0-4-5, 112.

The hit came right after Adrian Beltre made a phenominal diving catch to his left at third, then got up and fired a bullet to first, doubling off Carlos Ruiz, who had walked. (Matsuzaka snared a smoking liner off the bat of Jayson Werth to end the seventh inning.)

The Sox put the game away with three two-out hits in the fifth -- J.D. Drew's RBI single, David Ortiz's RBI double, and Beltre's 2-RBI double.

Daniel Bard pitched the ninth, getting the Phillies to hit three ground balls to Dustin Pedroia.

Jacoby Ellsbury returns to the lineup for the first time since April 11. To make room on the roster, Jonathan Van Every (who is out of options), was designated for assignment and will be exposed to waivers.

Kevin Youkilis has reached base in 21 straight games, but David Ortiz gets the start at first base.

Matsuzaka complained about Victor Martinez's pitch-calling after his last start (PA: "That did not sit well in the clubhouse"), so we'll see how Dice does with Jason Varitek today.

May 22, 1957: The Red Sox set an American League record by hitting four home runs in the sixth inning. Gene Mauch, Ted Williams, Dick Gernert, and Frank Malzone go deep off Cleveland's Cal McLish within a span of 16 pitches. (Williams had helped set the AL record in 1940, with Jimmie Foxx, Joe Cronin, and Jim Tabor.)

May 22, 1977: The Red Sox and Brewers tie a major-league record when they combine for 11 home runs (Lynn (2), Hobson, Evans, Scott, and Yaz for Boston). Evans's blast clears the new upper section of the CF wall, about 20 feet to the right of the flag pole. Boomer's tater is a grand slam. Boston wins 14-10. It's the first game of a doubleheader; the Sox get only two hits in the nightcap and are shutout 6-0.

I've got Yankees/Mets on Fox. So I'm blacked out. I hate this stuff. You would think I pay enough to MLB for there to be some way for me to get this game. I pay for both the TV EI package and the MLB TV. But no, I can't get this game because it's on FOX. Well, guess what? It's not on FOX where I live. I do not live in the New York/Boston area, so don't black me out on the computer if my TV station is not showing the game I want to see!

Yes, Fox does have the exclusive television rights, just like ESPN does on Sunday nights. BUT how can they not make it available on either EI or MLB for people who can't get the game any other way? Their TV exclusivity should have nothing to do with that.

"Due to MLB exclusivities, live games occurring each Saturday with a scheduled start time after 1:10 PM ET or before 7:05 PM ET and each Sunday with a scheduled start time after 5:00 PM ET will be blacked out in the United States. Live audio of this game is available as part of your MLB.TV."

You are supposed to pronounce it Got-Ribe. It's a joke about some promotional hats from 30 years ago. The spacing was off and they looked more like Got Ribe than Go Tribe. My husband took the moniker for another blog and I became Mrs. GotRibe.

It was a total scheduling fail tonight for MLB and FOX. Red Sox fans in the western two-thirds of Connecticut who get NESN are shit out-of-luck because the FOX affiliates were told to show the Yankees/Mets.

45 minutes seems long to get home? Not at all to me. That's only b/c I'm taking public transit. Driving it's about 25-30 minutes. Seems very fast to me, very easy. Plus only 2 days a week. Not bad at all.

I went to D-Lowe's no-no, and at one point we heard the following conversation behind us:

Guy: He's pitching a no-hitter.(Me: *gasp*)Girl: What do you mean a no-hitter?(Me: *gasp*)Guy: He hasn't given up any hits.(Me: *gasp*)Girl: ??? They've hit the ball.(Me: *keels over*)Guy: Yeah, but that's not a hit unless they're safe at first.

My mother and I were cringing. (But yeah, it did still happen. One of the most fun games I've ever been to, too.)